Fruit-basket cover



(No Model.)

N. A. HADDEN.

. `FRU-IT BASKET COVER.

No. 352,313. Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

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yNATHANIEL A. HADDEN, or SANDUSKY, oHIo.

FRUIT-BASKET COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,313, dated November 9, 1886,

Application filed September 23, 1886. Serial No. 214,357. (No model.)

ToaZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL A. HAD DEN, of Sandusky, in the county otl Erie and State of Ohio, have invented new and usefulv Improvements in Fruit-Basket Covers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying dratvitigs,which form a part of this specification.

Io vThis invention relates to a new and useful improvement in covers for fruit-baskets; and the invention' consists in the peculiar construction ofthe cover and its combination with the basket, all as hereinafter described.

In the drawings which accompany this speci-v tication, Figure l is a detached perspective view of my improved cover. Fig. 2 is a side View of a basket provided with my cover. Fig. 3 is a plan of the cover with the basket 2o shown in dotted outlines, and Fig. 4. isa crosssection of Fig. 2.

The essential parts of my cover comprise two light strips of wood, A A, the corresponding ends of which are secured together by thin z5 cross-slats B B. The strips A A are a little longer than the length of the basket, and are drawn together at the ends, so as to make the distance between these ends less than the width of the basket, while in the middle the strips arejust far enough apart to permit the handle to pass through tightly when the cover is placed on top of the basket, as shown. By ythis means the shape of the cover can be made to .conform near enough to the shape of the basket, while the following advantages are gained: The cover is supported by the strips resting on the edge of the basket at several points, Without any possibility of their slipping over the edge, and thereby injuring the fruit underneath, and as the handle is iirmly embraced between the two strips A no accidental displacement can take place, and therefore the cover need not be secured, unless it was done for other reasons. By giving the strips A A a suitable height the baskets may be used to their full capacity, and in shipping they may be piled on top of each other without injury to the fruit, as the cross-slats pro tect the open ends.-

To have the cover answer all purposes, I 5o preferably secure in the intervening space between the cross-slats B a few more additional slats, C, to the strips A, and placet'heni close enough rtogether to prevent the withdrawal of fruit through the openings between; or, if de` 55 sired, l secure a strip of netting to the crossf bars B, to cover such intervening space.

I1' slats are used, I preferably place one slat on each side ofthe handle. By this means the cover is held still more firmly in position.

As a new article of manufacture, my cover presents the advantages that it can be manufactured very cheap, and although it may be made very light ithas all the elements of strength, the strips A being placed on edge.

I/Vha'l I claim as my invention isl. A cover for fruit-baskets, consisting of the strips A, drawn toward each other atthe ends, and of the cross-slats B, secured thereto, all so arranged that the cover is supported lon the top of the basket by the strips A, resting, on the sides and ends of' the basket and embracing the handle, substantially as described.

2. A cover for fruit-baskets. consisting of the strips A, drawn toward each other at the 75 ends, of the slats B, nailed across said ends. and ot' intervening cross slats, C, all so arranged that the coveris supported'on the top of the basket by the strips A, resting on the sides and ends of the basket and embracing the handle, all substantially as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a cover for fruit-baskets, consisting of the stripsv A, placed on edge and drawn toward each other at their ends, of the cross-slats B, nailed across 8 5 the corresponding ends of the strips, and of the intervening cross slats, C, .one of which is placed on cach side of the handle, all arranged substantially as described.

NATHANIEL A. HADDEN. 

